The FIFA World Cup 2022 will kick off on November 20.
Hosts Qatar will take on Ecuador in the opening game at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor.
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The 32 teams have been broken down into eight groups with the top two from each group qualifying for the knockouts.
The groups are determined by a complex FIFA process. A ranking system assigns the host nation and the seven strongest teams to different groups. To guarantee a geographical spread, FIFA defines six qualifying zones: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America.
No two teams from the same zone – except Europe – can be in the same group, while no more than two European teams can be in the same group.
Here are the groups:
Group A
- Netherlands
- Senegal
- Ecuador
- Qatar
Group B
- England
- USA
- Iran
- Wales
Group C
- Argentina
- Mexico
- Poland
- Saudi Arabia
Group D
- France
- Denmark
- Tunisia
- Australia
Group E
- Spain
- Germany
- Japan
- Costa Rica
Group F
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Morocco
- Canada
Group G
- Brazil
- Switzerland
- Serbia
- Cameroon
Group H
- Portugal
- Ghana
- Uruguay
- South Korea
